1
: a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food
2
: something (such as a heavy fog or nitroglycerine) having or suggesting the consistency or nutrient qualities of soup
3
: an unfortunate predicament
that stunt landed her in the soup
Examples of soup in a Sentence
in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented
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Carrots Carrots are used in soups, stews, salads, and mezze, a Mediterranean appetizer.
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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Generally, as the level of processing increased, the price per calorie decreased—a trend that was most pronounced in soups, cakes, macaroni and cheese, and ice cream.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2025
These rechargeable gadgets can continuously stir dips, sauces, soups and more, freeing up your hands to do something else.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 29 Jan. 2025
Soy Cowboy: Too pretty to pass up Soy Cowboy, 888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, Arlington, is the flashy pan-Asian restaurant from the owners of B&B Butchers, with a superstar menu of sushi, soups, dumplings, stir-fry dishes and steaks.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
Generally, as the level of processing increased, the price per calorie decreased—a trend that was most pronounced in soups, cakes, macaroni and cheese, and ice cream.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2025
These rechargeable gadgets can continuously stir dips, sauces, soups and more, freeing up your hands to do something else.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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soup
noun1
: a liquid food with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food
2
: something like or suggesting soup (as a heavy fog)
Etymology
from early French supe "soup"; of Germanic origin
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